Chassagne-Montrachet is located to the south of Puligny-Montrachet in the Côte de Beaune and is one of Burgundy's greatest white wine appellations. As its name suggests this small parcel of just 0.5 hectares is situated right at the top of the slope of the Montagne de Chassagne at an altitude of 310 metres. It is a safely hidden treasure, surrounded by vegetation and only accessible by a small dirt track..

Vinification & Ageing

Fermentation

Traditional in oak barrels with complete malolactic fermentation

Ageing

8 to 10 months ageing in oak barrels, 50% new

Barrels

Louis Latour cooperage, French oak, medium toasted

Wine tasting

Tasting Note

The Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru "La Grand Montagne" 2011 is of a beautiful yellow colour. Light golden flecks will undoubtedly charm you. The nose opens on fruity and complex aromas evoking acacia flower with light notes of vanilla and hazelnut. Ample on the mouth, flavors of vanilla release, followed by sparkling notes of almond paste and fresh peach.

This is aromatically quite similar to the Maltroie though with the
interesting addition of a hint of mint and the grapefruit character continues
onto the palate while the mint element resurfaces on the finish. 88/2019+

Aromas of white
truffles and stones with citrus and light tropical fruits. Medium to full body
and an impressive depth of fruit and texture. Lots of cooked apples. Lovely finish.
Drink now or in 2020 when this will be even better.

More ripe fruit to this with a cooked-apple, cream and apple-pie
character on the nose and palate. Full body, a beautiful core of fruit
and a long, flavorful finish. Just a hint of bitter lemons. Drink now.

A wide, open nose, yet there are fine individual points of focus. Lovely - the
flavour is bright but not sharp, it's complex and wide, very citrus inflected,
the texture is lovely and the mid-palate and finish are beautifully packed with
complex mouth-watering citrus anecdotes. A beauty - really hyper complex
finishing. (cask sample) By Bill Nanson (UK)

Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru "La Grande Montagne" 2013 - Burgundy Report - December 2014 - "Big, fresh"A very-much more mineral nose with high-toned aromatics and a more modest baseline of deep perfume. Big, fresh, rather savoury flavour. In shape, scale, complexity and freshness this would normally be a winner for me, but the dark, rather mineral almost savoury flavour is difficult for me.

Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru "La Grande Montagne" 2012 - Burgundy Report - June 2014 - "I like this a lot!"Cask sample.
Focused, ripe yellow-fruit aromas, yet this has a very good freshness. (...) a lovely citrus-infused acidity that also impresses itself on the finish. I like this a lot! - Bill Nanson

Lots of aroma here, with a little bit of herb and
nutty character suggesting savouriness, and a hint of honeyed development. The
palate has juicy fruit that is very fresh and squirts across the tongue with a
fat lemony freshness, quite tight in the finish, good acidity, but weight and
fullness too. A complex and structured wine. (UK)

Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru "La Grande Montagne" 2011 - Wine Spectator - September 2014 - 90/100Lush in texture, this is infused with peach, apple, lemon and spice flavors. Fresh and balanced, with subtle iron and graphite notes on the finish. Best from 2016 through 2023. (USA)

Chassagne-Montrachet "Grande Montagne” 2011 - Burghound.com - Allen Meadows (USA) - June 2013 - 92/100This is quite ripe, especially for a vineyard situated at considerable altitude, and displays mostly yellow orchard fruit, wet stone and a hint of wood toast. There is very good acid support to the vibrant medium weight flavors that possess a lovely minerality on the dry, clean, focused and impeccably well-balanced finish. This is also really quite good. 2017+

Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru "La Grande Montagne” 2008 - Wine Spectator - December 2010 - 91/100A fleshy, round white, with peach and floral flavors accented by light toast and vanilla. Remains bright and long on the finish. Still needs a little time. Best from 2012 through 2023. By Bruce Sanderson, USA.

Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru "Grande Montagne” 2009 - Burghound.com - June 2011 - 89/100A finer but still earthy and serious nose adorned by soft wood notes offers a broad panoply of orchard fruit and citrus elements where the latter is also reflected by the rich, powerful and delicious medium-bodied flavors that possess solid amounts of dry extract that buffers well the moderately firm acid spine on the balanced, intense and reasonably persistent finish. 2014+. By Allen Meadows (USA).

Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru "La Grande Montagne" 2008 - Burghound.com - July 2010 - 90/100A pretty nose of ripe orchard fruit aromas gives way to naturally sweet, opulent and sappy flavors that are perhaps a bit less precise and racy than I would typically expect from this wine though to be fair, it is delicious, layered, balanced and solidly persistent. A very good rather than great example. 90/2014+

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